Snowflake

Cloud Data Platform

Founded in 2012, Snowflake is a cloud computing-based data cloud company that revolutionized data warehousing by fundamentally separating compute from storage.

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Quick Facts

Founded: 2012
Founders: Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, Marcin Zukowski
Headquarters: Bozeman, Montana
Industry: Cloud Data Platform

About Snowflake

Snowflake was founded in 2012 in stealth mode by data warehousing experts who sought to build a platform specifically for the cloud. They pioneered an architecture that separated compute resources from storage, allowing organizations to instantly scale their processing power without moving their data.

The company's initial focus was data warehousing, but it has since expanded into the broader 'Data Cloud', enabling seamless data sharing, data engineering, and application development across multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud).

What Snowflake Does

Data Warehousing

Cloud-native data warehousing with elastic compute and infinite storage.

Data Sharing

Secure, near real-time data sharing across organizations without copying or moving data.

Data Engineering

Ingestion and transformation pipelines for structured and semi-structured data.

Native Applications

Snowflake Native App Framework allowing developers to build and monetize apps directly in the Data Cloud.

Career Areas

Types of professional roles found inside Snowflake.

Engineering & Technical
Sales & Field Operations
Product Management
Marketing
Customer Support & Success
Professional Services

Snowflake's History

2012
Founded in stealth
Snowflake is founded by three data warehousing experts in San Mateo, California.
2014
Public launch
Emerges from stealth mode and launches its cloud data warehouse.
2020
Record-breaking IPO
Snowflake goes public in the largest software IPO in history at the time.
2022
Native Apps Framework
Expands beyond storage and compute by introducing a framework to build apps natively on Snowflake.

Purpose & Values

“Mobilizing the World's Data”

Snowflake's mission is to eliminate data silos and enable organizations to seamlessly mobilize their data for deeper insights, secure collaboration, and powerful applications.

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